by RedwoodCompliance | May 7, 2022 | Cloud, OCI, Oracle Cloud
This article is part of our 10-part series on Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This article is basically a summary of the contract types available to OCI customers, as described in the Oracle PaaS and IaaS Universal Credits Service Descriptions document...
by RedwoodCompliance | Feb 18, 2021 | General
With 2020 out of the way, it’s as good a time to plan for the likely Oracle audit wave of 2021. While IT departments have focused on cost savings and optimization during 2020, Oracle license audits were on the back burner in the minds of many. We expect that to...
by RedwoodCompliance | Apr 13, 2017 | General
On January 23, 2017, Oracle stirred up a storm in its user community by announcing a significant change to its licensing policy in third party cloud environments. With this unilateral pronouncement, Oracle effectively doubled the price of moving traditional on-premise...
by RedwoodCompliance | Mar 14, 2017 | Cloud, Compliance, Optimization, ULA
With the inevitability and benefits of cloud computing clear, companies are charting their respective courses from on-premise to the cloud. One key consideration is how to get the best value out of existing software licenses and deploying them in the cloud. For an...
by RedwoodCompliance | Feb 18, 2017 | General
Overview Oracle’s Pool of Funds (PoF) agreements allow customers to pre-purchase Oracle software licenses for a period of time and consume, or burn down, that credit as their usage increases. PoF agreements specify a selection of Oracle products, their...
